Reflective Journal - RJ02 - Describe the inquiry activity you will use for your informal assessment review. Explain what science practice(s) it will teach and how you plan to assess them. This was assignment on agenda. ??? It's different from the assignment under student journals but I had already completed it. Im confused.
The inquiry activity that I will use for my informal assessment review will be on measurement. The students have already learned how to calculate the volume of regular shaped objects.
Without any instruction, students were paired up and given a 50mL graduated cylinder, a 25mL graduated cylinder, a ruler, a gumball, a string, a cup filled with water, a beaker, and a calculator. Students were told to find the volume of the gumball using one or more of the materials that were given to them. Half of the period was designated to finding a possible solution to the problem given. In the other half of the period, a simple worksheet was given out having the students find the volume,and list and illustrate how they came up with the volume of the gumball.
Science Practices that it will teach are critical thinking, communication, reflection and evaluation, and problem solving.
Thia activity meets State GSE: PS1 (5-8) Investigate the relationships among mass, volume, and density.
This activity meets DOK 2; This activity required measuring, estimating, and predicting volume. The method was supported using a detailed drawing, students applied concepts that that had learned and connected them to this activity.
I will assess this activity but observing the students to see if they "made the connection". I will take this assessment a step further having students describe and illustrate the method they used to solve this problem. I am looking to see if the students "get it".
This activity will most likely be extended with a Lab (direct instruction) and a short answer question (formal assessment) in the classes to come.
The inquiry activity that I will use for my informal assessment review will be on measurement. The students have already learned how to calculate the volume of regular shaped objects.
Without any instruction, students were paired up and given a 50mL graduated cylinder, a 25mL graduated cylinder, a ruler, a gumball, a string, a cup filled with water, a beaker, and a calculator. Students were told to find the volume of the gumball using one or more of the materials that were given to them. Half of the period was designated to finding a possible solution to the problem given. In the other half of the period, a simple worksheet was given out having the students find the volume,and list and illustrate how they came up with the volume of the gumball.
Science Practices that it will teach are critical thinking, communication, reflection and evaluation, and problem solving.
Thia activity meets State GSE: PS1 (5-8) Investigate the relationships among mass, volume, and density.
This activity meets DOK 2; This activity required measuring, estimating, and predicting volume. The method was supported using a detailed drawing, students applied concepts that that had learned and connected them to this activity.
I will assess this activity but observing the students to see if they "made the connection". I will take this assessment a step further having students describe and illustrate the method they used to solve this problem. I am looking to see if the students "get it".
This activity will most likely be extended with a Lab (direct instruction) and a short answer question (formal assessment) in the classes to come.